[Bug 32299] New: allow out-of-tree builds, perhaps by using Autoconf

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32299

           Summary: allow out-of-tree builds, perhaps by using Autoconf
           Product: Telepathy
           Version: git master
          Platform: Other
               URL: http://git.collabora.co.uk/?p=user/smcv/telepathy-spec
                    -smcv.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/autotools
        OS/Version: All
            Status: ASSIGNED
          Severity: enhancement
          Priority: medium
         Component: tp-spec
        AssignedTo: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
        ReportedBy: simon.mcvittie at collabora.co.uk
         QAContact: telepathy-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
            Blocks: 31505


telepathy-spec can't be submoduled into autotools projects easily, because it
doesn't itself use autotools, so you can't `make dist` from an out-of-tree
build.

One possible way to fix this is to make it into a really simple autotools
project.

Crack or not?

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